Bottle from the beer mail. Pours a clear deep red with pretty much no head. Smell is slightly sweet, with a bit of spice, cinnamon, ginger, and maybe a tiny bit of grassy hops. Palate is medium bodied with good carbonation. Taste is a bit spicy at first before having a bit of sweetness, which gives way to the ever building spiciness and bitterness. Spiciness lingers for a bit in the aftertaste. Pretty decent, but there’s definitely better winter warmers.

355ml bottle from the brewery. deep reddish brown with a small tan head that quickly reduces to a ring. spot on for a spiced belgian dark, but a lack of carbonation really holds it pack. would be a really nice beer if packaged properly.

Bottle courtesy of matt7215, thanks Matt. Pours a clearish dark brown with a tiny beige head. Aroma is kind of dull considering it’s supposed to be a spiced ale, with only a tiny hint of coriander and some generic darker malts. Flavour is much better although again there is a total lack of any real spice character that couldn’t just be yeast aspects. I like it however as it seems a lot like a bock, and I love all things bock. There’s a tiny hint of dry cinnamon but I think I might just be hallucinating. Slightly chewy feeling although not too ’thick’. Finishes dull and without much going on but a little booze. Not horrible, but it doesn’t seem to have turned out at all as they planned, like a Beau’s product.

Bottle from brewery. Pours mostly clear and brown, with thin large-bubbled lacing. Aroma of pumpkin pie, raisins, and figs. Taste is full of pumpkin pie spices, some sweet malt and slight dried fruit notes, and vanilla. Dry finish, with a creeping alcohol warmth. Flat and medium-bodied. This was decent.

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